May 2, 2007
Opening statements
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May 1, 2007
Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
In our latest Monetary Policy Report, which we released last Thursday, we noted that Canada's economic growth did indeed slow, but recently, inflation has been higher than expected. After considering the full range of indicators, the Bank now judges that the Canadian economy was operating just above its production capacity in the first quarter of this year.